GOBLET: The Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education and Training

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004143
• Publication Date: 2015-04-09T14:06:40Z
• Authors: Teresa K. Atwood; Erik Bongcam-Rudloff; Michelle E. Brazas; Manuel Corpas; Pascale Gaudet; Fran Lewitter; Nicola Mulder; Patricia M. Palagi; Maria Victoria Sc...; Celia W. G. van G...
• Keywords: Globe; Stewardship

In recent years, high-throughput technologies have brought big data to the life sciences. The march of progress has been rapid, leaving in its wake a demand for courses analysis, stewardship, computing fundamentals, etc., need that universities not yet able satisfy—paradoxically, many are actually closing "niche" bioinformatics at time critical need. impact this is being felt across continents, as students and early-stage researchers left without appropriate skills manage, analyse, interpret their with confidence. This situation galvanised group scientists address problems on an international scale. For first time, educators trainers globe come together common needs, rising above institutional boundaries cooperate sharing training expertise, experience, resources, aiming put ad hoc practices more professional footing benefit all.